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Here, the explanation for such caution and indirection is straightforward and compelling.
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Peter Skerry, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2017
As soon as people have choices, the system has to have this indirection.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
Computing’s main tricks are abstraction and indirection.
—Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
The indirection is not purposeless; Edelman is building the service roads to his main argument.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 June 2023
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Peter Skerry, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2017
As soon as people have choices, the system has to have this indirection.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
Computing’s main tricks are abstraction and indirection.
—Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
The indirection is not purposeless; Edelman is building the service roads to his main argument.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 June 2023
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“Indirection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirection. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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